I'm quite intrigued by the gear pump upgrade kit, since this was something I had been planning to do for a while. The vibratory pump from my E61 machine is incredibly loud and doesn't particularly spark joy.
Looking around the market for some used Fluid-o-tech gear pumps which were not extremely expensive was quite frustrating. Also having to deal with the correct power supply for the replacement pump wasn't something I was looking forward to.
Props on releasing such cool products!
Order #1 for the Pump kit went through. Looking forward to try it out!
I think the trouble with using fluid-o-tech style pumps (I actually started out by buying one) is that they're really optimized for machines where the space, cost, and weight of the pump aren't a significant concern, so they can get away with using a giant slow AC motor with big gears. That sort of motor unfortunately doesn't scale down too well, so instead we use a small DC brushless motor and spin it very fast, and then even with the power supply it still ends up being a smaller and cheaper setup.
Looking around the market for some used Fluid-o-tech gear pumps which were not extremely expensive was quite frustrating. Also having to deal with the correct power supply for the replacement pump wasn't something I was looking forward to.
Props on releasing such cool products!
Order #1 for the Pump kit went through. Looking forward to try it out!